Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83179

Electric Vehicles: Safety

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Steve Yemm

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) monitoring and (b) enforcement mechanisms are in place to ensure manufacturers comply with the prohibition on pause functions in Audible Vehicle Alert Systems for new (i) electric and (ii) hybrid vehic

Answer

Simon Lightwood

All new vehicles are subject to type approval. Vehicle approval requirements were introduced on 1 July 2021 mandating Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) on new types of quiet electric and hybrid vehicles. The use of pause switched to temporarily disa...

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